The effect of time pressure on stress levels during virtual wheelchair navigation.

In this work stress is assessed based on EEG features. We focus our efforts on the correlation between subjective ratings and cerebral indices during virtual navigation scenarios. Ten male paraplegic subjects took part in the experiment and navigated in a virtual indoor environment. They had to fulfill two missions where time pressure parameter is introduced. Subjects were equipped with Electroencephalography sensors. Temporal and frequency data were filtered and extracted. A correlation study was conducted based on principal component analysis, Fisher's tests and ANOVA. The results showed that the introduction of time pressure has a significant impact on stress levels.